| Instructor(s) | Dr. Mohamad Shahab [Coordinator] Office: ENG451 Phone: TBA Email: mshahab@torontomu.ca Office Hours: 2-4 PM on Mondays or by appointment | ||||||||||||||
| Calendar Description | This course deals with practical techniques for the specification, design and implementation of real-time computer control systems. Topics include: overview of computer control strategies; introduction to real-time systems; hardware and software requirements; implementation of digital control algorithms; design of real-time computer control systems; design analysis; considerations for fault detection and fault tolerance. The lab work and project require solid background in C programming. | ||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites | ELE 639 or MEC 830 | ||||||||||||||
| Antirequisites | None | ||||||||||||||
| Corerequisites | None | ||||||||||||||
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| Learning Objectives (Indicators) | At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
NOTE:Numbers in parentheses refer to the graduate attributes required by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). | ||||||||||||||
| Course Organization | 3.0 hours of lecture per week for 13 weeks | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Assistants | Somayeh Barzegar (sbarzegar@torontomu.ca) Mohsen Ensafjoo (mensafjoo@torontomu.ca) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Evaluation |
Note: In order for a student to pass a course, a minimum overall course mark of 50% must be obtained. In addition, for courses that have both "Theory and Laboratory" components, the student must pass the Laboratory and Theory portions separately by achieving a minimum of 50% in the combined Laboratory components and 50% in the combined Theory components. Please refer to the "Course Evaluation" section above for details on the Theory and Laboratory components (if applicable). | ||||||||||||||
| Examinations | The mid-term exam is on Wednesday, 26 February 2025, during lecture time. The final exam is during the university's final examination period. | ||||||||||||||
| Other Evaluation Information | Lab work: Lab submissions are required no more than one week after a lab session. Project: Various parts of the project must be demonstrated, and results must be submitted according to the guidelines in the project document. | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lectures will be held in-person in the designated classroom. Lab attendance is mandatory. Course materials and announcements will be posted to the course shell on D2L (https://courses.torontomu.ca). | ||||||||||||||
| Other Information | In accordance with the Policy on TMU Student E-mail Accounts (Policy 157), the university requires that any electronic communication by students to TMU faculty or staff be sent from their official university email account. | ||||||||||||||
Week | Hours | Chapters / | Topic, description |
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Week 1 | 3 | Lecture slides | Introduction to computer control systems, concepts of computer control, classes of industrial process control systems |
Week 2 | 3 | Lecture slides | Hardware and software requirements: |
Week 3 | 3 | Hardware and software requirements (continued) | |
Week 4 | 3 | Lecture slides | Concurrent programming: |
Week 5 | 3 | Concurrent programming (continued) | |
Week 6 | 3 | Lecture slides | Digital control systems: |
=== | === | No classes during the week of 17 Feb (Study/reading week) | |
Week 7 | 3 | Digital control systems (continued) | |
Week 8 | 3 | Digital control systems (continued) | |
Week 9 | 3 | Lecture slides | Scheduling of real-time control tasks: |
Week 10 | 3 | Scheduling of real-time control tasks (continued) | |
Week 11 | 3 | Lecture slides | Real-time application interface programming, real-time task creation, periodic and aperiodic tasks, interrupt service, routine scheduling policies |
Week 12 | 3 | Lecture slides | Design of real-time computer control systems, software life cycle planning analysis and specifications, approaches to real-time software design, tasking design |
Week 13 | 3 | Lecture slides | Introduction to reliability and fault-tolerance in computer control systems, reliability types of faults, failure modes, fault prevention: avoidance and removal, fault-tolerance: hardware and software redundancy |
Week | L/T/A | Description |
|---|---|---|
Week 1 | No Lab | No Lab |
Week 2 | Lab 1 | C Review |
Week 3 | Lab 2 | Time and Clocks |
Week 4 | Lab 3 | POSIX Threads and Concurrent Programming |
Week 5 | Lab 3 | POSIX Threads and Concurrent Programming (continued) |
Week 6 | Lab 4 | Resource Sharing and Coordination |
=== | === | No labs during the week of 17 Feb (Study/reading week) |
Week 7 | Lab 5 | Task Synchronization and Communication |
Week 8 | Lab 5 | Task Synchronization and Communication (continued) |
Week 9 | Project | Real-Time Digital PID Controller Design and Implementation |
Week 10 | Project | Real-Time Digital PID Controller Design and Implementation (continued) |
Week 11 | Project | Real-Time Digital PID Controller Design and Implementation (continued) |
Week 12 | Project | Real-Time Digital PID Controller Design and Implementation (continued) |
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